Gang Related

Gang Related is a 1997 American crime thriller film written and directed by Jim Kouf starring James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, Lela Rochon, David Paymer and James Earl Jones. The film revolves around two renegade detectives who attempt to frame a homeless man for the murder of an undercover DEA agent they themselves had killed. The film is notable for being Tupac Shakurs last film performance.

At his first legal hearing, Joe is declared mentally unfit to stand trial he can not even remember his own last name. The trial is postponed accordingly. Really believing that he killed Hudd, Joe informs his attorney that he deserves to be in jail and is willing to accept a plea bargain. Meanwhile, it turns out that the Magnum that Rodruiguez stole from the policeevidence room to kill Hudd is that of Clyde David Dunner, a murderer and arsonist arrested by Divinci and Rodruiguez and whose case is currently being tried. To fill the void, Divinci gets another gun to replace the other, but during trial Dunner recognizes that this one is not his gun and the case is dropped for lack of evidence.At Joes second hearing, highprofile lawyer Arthur Baylor James Earl Jones attends the proceedings. Baylor reveals that his clients name is actually William Dane McCall, and that he is actually the missingandpresumeddead coheir to the financial empire of a highstatus family, as well as a surgeon who used to attend and help the poor. Baylor asks the court to grant a oneweek continuance so he can prepare his defense properly. The court agrees. Afterwards, Cynthia is summoned to testify in court. Nervous and afraid, she disappears. Divinci, fearing that she may betray him, hires a bail agent named Manny Terrence C. Carson to locate her when Mannys efforts fail, he is roughed up by Divinci and Rodriguez. Cynthia is finally discovered and brought in for The People vs. William Dane McCall. She gives her rehearsed testimony against Joe, at which time William informs Baylor that he lived in an alley next to Cynthias apartment. Baylor questions Cynthia and points to the contradictions in her testimony until she finally confesses to knowing Joe. The fact that she knows the defendant as Joe and not as William Dane McCall shows that she had previous knowledge of the defendant, thus proving her testimony for Joe being Hudds killer to be false. She is arrested for perjury while the verdict of Wi

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